In Both Parties, 2008 Politeness Falls to Infighting  —  The sun was not yet up yesterday, and members of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign team were confronted with the kind of attack that most infuriates them: one questioning the character of Mrs. Clinton and her husband.

Why the British are scaling back in Iraq  —  The military can't fight there and in Afghanistan without approaching 'operational failure,' one critic says.  Something had to give.  —  LONDON — Britain's decision to pull 1,600 troops out of Iraq by spring, touted by U.S. and British leaders …

Report Finds Iran in Breach of U.N. Order  —  In open defiance of the United Nations, Iran is steadily expanding — rather than freezing — its efforts to enrich uranium, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported today.  The findings have prompted the Bush Administration to press …

U.S. troops find chemicals in Iraq raid  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. troops raided a car bomb factory west of Baghdad with five buildings full of propane tanks and ordinary chemicals the military believes were to be used in bombs, a spokesman said Thursday, a day after insurgents blew up a truck carrying chlorine gas canisters.

BREAKING NEWS: Lieberman Says War Vote Could Prompt Party Switch  —  Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut told the Politico Thursday that he has no immediate plans to switch parties, but suggested Democratic opposition to funding the war in Iraq might change his mind.

Egyptian Blogger Sentenced to Prison  —  ALEXANDRIA, Egypt — An Egyptian blogger was convicted of insulting Islam and President Hosni Mubarak and sentenced to four years in prison on Thursday in Egypt's first prosecution of a blogger.  —  Abdel Kareem Nabil, a 22-year-old former student …

Senate illegals bill near complete  —  Senators and lobbyists are putting the final touches on a comprehensive immigration-reform bill that includes an easier citizenship path for illegal aliens and weaker enforcement provisions than were in the highly criticized legislation that the Senate approved last year.

A Lack of Courage In Their Convictions  —  Indiscriminate criticism of President George W. Bush is an infectious disease.  Some conservatives seem to have caught it, but congressional Democrats might be crippled by it.  —  Consider some conservatives' reflexive rejection …

Two accused of plotting terror while in Cleveland  —  Prosecutors: They met man here to train them to aid insurgents in Iraq  —  Thousands of people came to Cleveland in July 2004 for a conference on Muslim families and the challenges they face, but two cousins had other motives in making …

Facebook nightmare: College Republican targeted by stalker speaks out  —  ***bumped to the top...updated with police report summary***  —  This is Richard Reed Pannell.  He's a student at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, VA. On Saturday, he was minding his own business …

Tom Vilsack's Very, Very Bad Idea  —  I didn't watch the Democratic debate (debates?  This early??), but then I noticed (h/t Atrios and Matt Yglesias) that Jonathan Singer at MyDD wrote this: … Price indexing?  Yikes.  Like Matt, I didn't want to leap to conclusions …

Paul Campos' response to Glenn Reynolds  —  Last Tuesday, right-wing Law Professor Glenn Reynolds wrote a post calling for the murder of Iranian atomic scientists and "radical mullahs," and I wrote about Reynolds' "idea" here.  On Monday of this week, University of Colorado Law School Professor …

The One Man Counter-Protest  —  ERIC ODESSIT takes on 300 defeatist protesters in San Diego. … What Eric does next is so simple and elegant, it drives the "artist" nuts. … Ah, so now defeatist protests are considered "art," and passing out flags is "vandalism."  Got it.

Back To Iraq  —  Back to Iraq years earlier than previously promised for some Guard/Reserve components: … While the equipment issues are, in and of themselves, troubling, the other issue is that decisions like this could potentially decimate the Guard/Reserve components for years to come.

9th U.S. helicopter crashes in Iraq  —  www.chinaview.cn 2007-02-22 16:48:23  —  Special report:Tension escalates in Iraq  —  ¡¡ ¡¡BAGHDAD, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) — A U.S. helicopter crashed in an area north of Baquba City, 65 km northeast of Baghdad, on Thursday …